Big Picture

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="12bf0f21egerdp.jpg"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="12c203c0.jpg" border=0 width="32" height="60" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#66334C" FACE="Arial" ><B>SOCIOLOGY 212: RESEARCH METHODS</B></FONT><B>      |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SOCIOLOGY 212: RESEARCH METHODS"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> back to<B>  </B><A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Articles / Overheads "><U><B>Articles / Overheads </B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="12af2f02egerdp.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alienation"><U>Alienation</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Applied"><U>Applied</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ch. 14 Stats Review"><U>Ch. 14 Stats Review</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Airline"><U>Airline</U></A></div> <div> <B>Big Picture</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ch. 9 Outline"><U>Ch. 9 Outline</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Levels of Measurement"><U>Levels of Measurement</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id9.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U>--Type Title Here--</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Units of Analysis"><U>Units of Analysis</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="12df0f03.jpg"> <div> <B>The Big Picture</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Bigger Picture (So Far)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Idea - Look at Relationship between Religious Beliefs and Cohabitation</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Theoretical Perspective - use theories / logic to guide hypothesis</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Concepts:  Religious Beliefs and Cohabitation</B></div> <div> <B>          Population:  General - no need to specify</B></div> <div> <B>     </B></div> <div> <B>Hypothesis:  Now we want to come up with something to Test</B></div> <div> <B>          1.  We first ask: How do we expect these concepts to relate?</B></div> <div> <B>          2.  We take the concepts that vary and begin to call them variables.</B></div> <div> <B>          3.  We need to use Variables in our Hypothesis</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>What are the Variables:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>IV - Religious Beliefs:  </B></div> <div> <B>Attributes- Very Liberal to Very Conservative - 5 pt scale</B></div> <div> <B>          DV - Cohabitation</B></div> <div> <B>                    Attributes - Cohabitate, Do not cohabitate</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>For the Hypothesis:</B></div> <div> <B>1.  It is the Attributes of the IV that we are comparing</B></div> <div> <B>2.  IV should come first</B></div> <div> <B>3.  State the Direction of the Relationship</B></div> <div> <B>4.  State it clearly - unambiguously</B></div> <div> <B>5.  Don't usually add the Population if it's “General Adult”, but should if you </B></div> <div> <B>     are using a subgroup (ex. Youth, Elderly, Married Couples, etc.)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Examples:</B></div> <div> <B>     Poor:  Religious Beliefs are related to Cohabitation</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>     Acceptable:</B></div> <div> <B>          As Religious Beliefs move from Conservative to Liberal, the more </B></div> <div> <B>          likely one is to Cohabitate.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>          Those with Liberal Religious Beliefs are more likely to Cohabitate than </B></div> <div> <B>          are those with Conservative Religious Beliefs.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Religious Beliefs are directly related to support for Cohabitation, with </B></div> <div> <B>those with liberal RB being more supportive. </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>*changed DV</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Reminder:  The Population or Subgroup is NOT a Variable, it is a Constant.  If the above had been written as:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Among those living on the East Coast, as Religious Beliefs move from Conservative to Liberal, the more likely one is to Cohabitate.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>What would the variables and constants be here?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Younger individuals are more likely to cohabitate than are older individuals.</B></div> <div> <B>      (Age-IV)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Among those 18-25, as Religious Beliefs move from Conservative to Liberal, </B></div> <div> <B>the more likely one is to Cohabitate.  (Age-Constant, Population)</B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>